# Paul Newman -- Pauly Shore **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857 "2011-05-05T17:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/1 "2011-05-05T17:24:21Z")
Today in the Dead Pool some names that might be confused for each other, such as Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, or Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman, got me wondering if we might have a go at some sort of game where we pair two names that appear similar but which conjure up totally opposite, or at least incongruent, personalities. The more antithetical the better. Sandra Dee and Sandra Bernhard Sean Connery and Sean Astin Ricky Martin and Ricky Gervais Buddy Holly and Buddy Ebsen Go! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/2 "2011-05-07T15:04:52Z")
Sasha Cohen and Sacha Baron Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/3 "2011-05-07T15:27:46Z")
An SDMB classic: [Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1170534&postcount=15) Goodness gracious, great balls of…HEY LADY!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/4 "2011-05-07T16:39:50Z")
James Dean and Jimmy Dean Buster Keaton and Buster Crabbe Doctor Spock and Mister Spock Zsa Zsa Gabor and Zasu Pitts Judy Garland and Judy Tenuta Dudley Moore and Dudley Doright ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/5 "2011-05-07T16:42:43Z")
I still say Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan is not the equivalent of Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis. Anyway: Adolf Hitler and Adolph “Harpo” Marx Bruce Vilanch and Bruce Willis Carrie Nation and Carrie Bradshaw Charles Bronson and Charles Nelson Reilly Hugh Grant and Lou Grant ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/6 "2011-05-07T17:20:24Z")
Andy Rooney and Mickey Rooney Bruce Wayne and Bruce Banner [Joker]“My your looking a little green around the **UUURRKK** ”[/Joker] Osama, Obama and Osamu. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/7 "2011-05-07T17:36:27Z")
Adolf Hitler and Adolph Coors. Ted Bundy and Al Bundy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/8 "2011-05-07T19:22:53Z")
Rip Torn and Rip Taylor ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/9 "2011-05-07T19:43:41Z")
CAN’T believe nobody’s said: \*\* Barrack Obama\*\* and **Osama Bin Laden** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/10 "2011-05-07T19:47:33Z")
Joseph Goebbels and George Gobel Bat Masterson and Lucille Ball ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/11 "2011-05-08T20:00:53Z")
Tommy Lee and Tommy Lee Jones Seth McFarland, Seth Green, and Bruce Seth Green. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/12 "2011-05-08T20:17:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Bat Masterson and Lucille Ball Apparently I’m the only one who doesn’t get this. So allow me to say “huh?” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/13 "2011-05-08T20:36:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Apparently I’m the only one who doesn’t get this. So allow me to say “huh?” I think it’s a play on Bat/Ball. Though, I don’t think anyone would get the two actors confused. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/14 "2011-09-02T17:16:09Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/15 "2011-09-02T19:51:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > bump Okay, who’s [he](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) confused with? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/16 "2011-09-02T20:28:10Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Okay, who’s [he](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) confused with? 😉 Do we have us a **Things that go in the night**? Or maybe **Cars**? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/17 "2011-09-03T02:19:15Z")
Oksana Baiul and Osama Bin Laden. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/18 "2011-09-07T03:25:07Z")
Gene Simmons and Jean Simmons? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/19 "2011-09-07T03:36:38Z")
Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Rick Perry. Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Ron Paul. On second thought, those are pretty much interchangable. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-pauly-shore/580857/20 "2011-09-07T03:36:40Z")
Leslie Caron and Leslie Nielsen